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Lima
2015 was a good year for tourism in Lima, capital city of Peru – more tourists visited Lima than any other Latin American city, reports peruthisweek.com
More than 4.22 million tourists visited Lima in 2015, according to Mastercard’s report, “Global Destination Cities Index”, according to Gestion.
This represents a 7% increase compared to 2014.
President of the National Chamber of Tourism, Jorge Jochamowitz, estimates that tourism in Lima would increase again by 7% in the coming year, but would have a hard time staying ahead of Brazil for the Olympics.
Lima has experienced one of the greatest growths in tourism in the world over the previous years according to Gestion. And this year, the growth was driven primarily by the international conferences of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, in addition to the growing popularity of gastronomy.
Next year will present various challenges to maintaining its number one position for the Olympics in Brazil and El Nino.
“In 2016 the growth of 7% should repeat itself from this year. The first months will be affected for the fear of circulated information in the world of the phenomenon El Niño. And with the Olympics in Brazil, the same thing could happen as with the World Cup when the travelers prefered to go there,” said Jochamowitz, according to Gestion.
Read the article at www.peruthisweek.com/news-lima-was-2015s-most-visited-city-in-latin-america-108478
Source: www.peruthisweek.com
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